What a person thinks is how he lives. In ancient times it sounded like this: “What is inside is outside. As is below, so is above.” Each person receives exactly as much as he allows himself to have. Everyone lives exactly as he sees it in his head. Negative thoughts can only harm those who scroll them through their heads. Even experienced magicians refuse to cast curses on someone because they understand the effect of thought. Only an ordinary person can study this topic in order to learn to think positively and attract success.
The idea that positive thinking helps in achieving a happy and successful life was once popular. Everyone who has delved into the essence of this mechanism has already achieved their goals. The rest were only disappointed that they were not able to magically realize their desires.
Specialists from the psychological help website psymedcare.ru want to highlight the most important mistake of those who wanted to achieve their goals through positive thinking, but never did:
- You need to not only think positively, but also take action to achieve something.
And many people began to think that they could do nothing, but just lie down and scroll through positive thoughts in their heads. This also includes the idea of “reality transurfing” by Zeeland, who also paid more attention to human thinking. So many thought that they could, with the power of thought, influence the world around them, which would change and adapt to their desires.
The mechanism is actually very simple: to achieve success, a person needs to think positively, that is, set himself up for success, encourage, motivate and be sure to act. Goals are not realized without the actions of the person himself. And actions are performed depending on how and what a person thinks. It's that simple.
Positive thinking concept
It is not possible to be sad and happy at the same time. It is a fact. We are given one life. This is another fact. We independently choose how to live our path. We also choose whether to be happy or sad.
Why are children full of energy and smile often? What is their secret? It's simple: they know how to enjoy every little thing, pay attention to everything, and are ready to see the good. What happens to adults? Why are we losing this ability?
Adults are constrained by prohibitions and restrictions, filled with fears and uncertainty. Often we do not allow ourselves to become happy, coming up with complex theories, not paying attention to simple joys.
How to avoid slipping into negativity?
The easiest way to know if you are thinking correctly is to become aware of how you feel. If you feel any discomfort, anxiety, irritation, it means that you are overcome by negative thoughts. Once you understand this, it becomes much easier to control it.
If you are worried about a situation, you need to reduce the importance and calm down about its resolution. Or if in your case there is not and cannot be an end result, it is something that constantly bothers you (for example, you consider yourself fat), then you need to use affirmations. This is a very effective tool for getting rid of negative beliefs.
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Good attracts good
Many people have heard about positive thinking or the law of attraction. Thanks to the movie "The Secret" for this. Someone even tried it on themselves. But it’s not enough to want to get what you want. We still need to do it right! So, what can you do to make the law of attraction work for you:
- Start thinking and approaching life positively. Saying “no” is always easier than saying “yes” (remember the movie “Always Say Yes”).
- Set yourself achievable goals. The principle: “I want this, I don’t know what” - usually does not work for the universe.
- Use the power of visualization: imagine in every detail what you want.
- Address your values: write down the ten most important things.
- Be grateful for what you already have.
- Don't forget to repeat your affirmations every day. They will remind you of your goals.
- Reconsider your life: if something in it brings suffering or pain, do not hold it, let it go.
It sounds easy. Even if you don't believe in the law of attraction, would practicing at least one of these points cause harm? Just try it.
The right attitude in life will help not only cope with a bad mood, but also overcome many difficulties, give strength and energy, improve the condition of your body, and cope with serious illnesses. The power of positive thinking can work real miracles. For example, if you look at Louise Hay's life, you can see how she beat cancer.
Technology for developing critical thinking
The Technology for Developing Critical Thinking was developed by the International Reading Association of the University of Northern Iowa and Hobard and William Smith Colleges. The authors of the program are Charles Temple, Ginny Steele, Kurt Meredith.
This technology is a system of strategies and methodological techniques designed for use in various subject areas, types and forms of work.
It allows you to achieve results like this:
- Ability to work with an increasing and constantly updated information flow in different fields of knowledge;
- The ability to express one’s thoughts (orally and in writing) clearly, confidently and correctly in relation to others;
- The ability to develop one’s own opinion based on understanding various experiences, ideas and perceptions;
- Problem solving skills;
- The ability to independently engage in one’s own studies (academic mobility);
- Ability to collaborate and work in a group;
- Ability to build constructive relationships with other people.
Three phases of technology for developing critical thinking:
Phase I. Challenge - awakening existing knowledge and interest in obtaining new information; Phase II. Understanding the content - obtaining new information; Phase III. Reflection is comprehension, the birth of new knowledge.
"How to be happy every day"
This book contains the basic life concept of Louise Hay. It became a bestseller all over the world and helped many people get out of a mental crisis.
You can start reading the text at any moment, because it is divided into small parts, starting with positive attitudes.
Thinking positively every day - this is what Louise Hay sees as the secret to a successful life. When we think negatively, we set ourselves up for failure. If we set our thoughts in a positive way, then life itself will become better.
Observe the following points and you will change your thoughts:
- Live here and now, do not regret the past, which is irretrievably gone.
- Stop considering yourself a bad person, learn to love yourself.
- If you don't want to get sick, learn to forgive and let go.
Learning to forgive and love yourself are good things. But how to do that?
How to Develop the Habit of Positive Thinking
Habits are developed through daily work on yourself.
Therefore, you should use some recommendations:
- There is a rule: like attracts like. If you communicate with successful and positively minded people, then the question of how to learn to think positively will disappear by itself.
- From time to time you need to be able to see everything from the outside. To do this, you should imagine that a negative situation happened to one of your friends. What advice could you give this person? Perhaps everything is not as sad as it seems at first glance.
- It is important to know that it all starts with self-love. This does not mean selfish self-love, when a person does not notice anyone around except himself. This implies an adequate assessment of oneself, the admissibility of the fact that everyone can make mistakes. After all, there is nothing wrong with this. Therefore, first you need to accept yourself and learn to respect.
- Gratitude for every little joy will lead to the fact that the habit of thinking positively will develop into a daily need.
These tips will teach a person to believe in himself. By believing in yourself, individuals will want to grow and change for the better. This will be the answer to the question of how to think positively.
Affirmation, meditation, visualization
Here are three methods that answer the question: “How to develop positive thinking?”
An affirmation is usually a simple sentence that contains one positive thought. When repeated many times, it can restructure your entire way of thinking.
In my life I have met two of the most effective afs and “Development is the main thing.” But this is my life. For yours, you can come up with your own statements.
How can you tell if positive statements are having an effect? Very simple. You will feel irritated and in denial. This should be a signal that you have hit the nail on the head. Never give up the practice, keep repeating. By the way, the most effective way is to say the affirmation while facing the mirror. This way you can observe the emotions on the face.
Meditation is an attempt to stop the mind, discipline it, and let go of all negative thoughts. This process is similar to cleansing the body, when we flush out everything unnecessary.
Visualization is the frequent representation of what you desire. An important point: you imagine as if you already have what you want. The more details you see, the easier it will be to come to a result.
Visualization helps to concretize dreams and makes them more real. For example, if you want your own home, think about what it should be like. How many rooms does it have? What items will you furnish your apartment with? Who will live there? The clearer the picture, the faster thoughts will come into your head on how to get it all.
EXPERT OPINION
Sergey Stepanov, psychologist
DREAMING IS NOT HARMFUL
At the turn of the century, the fashion for Freudian soul-searching gave way to a fashion for positive psychology. As is often the case with fashionable ideas, the least scientifically reliable, but most commercially profitable aspect of positive psychology was hastily borrowed - the cult of optimism and the belief in the fulfillment of desires through self-persuasion. It has now been proven that forced cheerfulness does not guarantee mental well-being and premature anticipation of success does not bring real success closer, and even makes it less likely. Recent enthusiasm for positive psychology around the world has been replaced by an avalanche of critical publications and experimental refutations. In our country, many psychologists continue to follow yesterday’s fashion by inertia and persistently promote visualization, affirmations and other magical techniques in a “scientific” package. Therefore, sober voices calling for sanity cannot but rejoice. Of course, optimism and hope are better than gloom and despair. However, to make life the way you want, just wanting is not enough. But the correct representation of the object of your desires helps you take the right steps towards achieving it. It turns out that you also need to be able to dream. And be upset, and angry, and sad too. This is what real positive psychology teaches.
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Techniques for Focusing on the Good
Here are some effective positive thinking exercises that will help you focus on the good and gradually wean you from focusing on the bad.
- Reward yourself when you handle a difficult situation with a positive attitude. Punish yourself when you think bad thoughts. Don’t overdo it: let there be some small joy as a reward (eating candy, for example), and as a punishment, put an elastic band on your hand, pull it back, and slap yourself on the hand. You will unlearn how to think negatively at the reflex level.
- React to any event with the words: “That’s great, because...”. Any reasonable explanation will be the best one that can be found for any situation.
- Make it a habit to say within yourself the phrase: “Thank you for...” at least once a day.
- Keep a happiness notebook: write down things for which you can praise yourself. For example, you did something on your own that you were previously afraid of.
So, I don't see anything wrong with taking some elements of positive thinking to apply. You just need to have the courage to change something. Be the helmsman of your life and think positively!
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Best regards, Alexander Fadeev.
AND NORMAL PEOPLE...
“This whole theory of positive thinking is some kind of nonsense. Well, it’s impossible to be positive all the time! A man’s wife has left, his son is a poor student, his grandmother has died—and he should be happy? This is not normal! Vitaliy, 32 years old
It is impossible to be positive all the time, and there is no need to try. People sometimes call to “ignore the negativity,” but this is completely wrong. Negative emotions and experiences are signals of trouble that we must respond to.
It’s painful, sad – cry, worry, even if you are an optimist to the core! This is a normal human reaction to loss, stress and illness. But a person with positive thinking comes out of the stress funnel faster, because he starts his way up, grabbing the slightest ledges. He is able to generalize negative experiences and, as a result, end up winning, saying after a while: “I won!”
Positive thinking
– treating any problem as a hidden opportunity.
Affirmations
- convincing yourself of something day after day: “Every day I feel more and more strength” or “Every day I am more and more lucky.”
Positive attitude
- words of encouragement to yourself before a specific event: “I can successfully negotiate” or “I will finish this work today.”
Surround yourself with positive people
Humans are social creatures, and our environment greatly influences how and what we think and perceive the world. If there are optimistic people around you, then you will hear positive opinions about different things, positive beliefs and attitudes.
Over time, your consciousness itself will adapt to this type of thinking. You will begin to look at reality less negatively, and it will be easier for you to notice the good. Plus, positive people are more inclined to support others because they have enough energy to share. And support will not be superfluous: every person needs it.
